en روانسنجي Psychometric پژوهشي Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objective:</strong> This study is an attempt to investigate validity and reliability of the Persian version&nbsp;of Sexual Self-Efficacy Scale-Female functioning in volunteer married women in married&nbsp;dormitories and non-dormitories of Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran, Iran.<br> <strong>Methods:</strong> The current study is descriptive of type survey. The sample consisted of 160&nbsp;volunteer married women in married dormitories and non-dormitories of Shahid Beheshti&nbsp;University of Tehran, who were selected by a convenience sampling method and a structured&nbsp;clinical interview based on DSM-IV-TR after voluntary obtaining informed consent. They&nbsp;completed 37-item Sexual Self-Efficacy Scale-Female Functioning (SSES-F). The data were&nbsp;analyzed using exploratory factor analysis by SPSS-PC (v.16).<br> <strong>Results:</strong> The results of exploratory factor analysis on SSES-F identified 4 factors. Cronbach&acute;s&nbsp;&alpha; coefficients was &alpha;=0.93 for the entire measure (28 items), with alphas ranging from 0.80 to&nbsp;0.92 for the individual factors.<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Given the validity and reliability of the SSES-F Scale, with regard to the validity&nbsp;and reliability of the SSES-F, this scale can be used in clinical settings and research studies,&nbsp;particularly in prevention and increasing the competence of legal marital relations.</p> Factor analysis, Validity, Reliability, Sexual self-efficacy scale, Functioning 267 272 http://jpcp.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-235-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Gholamreza Rajabi rajabireza@scu.ac.ir Yes Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran. Arash Jelodari arash.jelodari@gmx.us No Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.